Pressing-iron.



H. W. PETH.

PRESSING IRON.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 19. m7.

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PRESSING IRON.

I APPLICATION FILED OCT-19. I917. 1,292,510. Patented Jan..28, 1919.

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HEEMAN W. PETH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PETH PRESSING PROCESS,

- INC., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 19, 1917. Serial No. 197,426.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAI I W. PETH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressing- Irons, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ressing irons and more particularly to t e type which is steam heated and has means, for discharging steam through the pressing face of the iron forthe purpose of molstemng the goods to be pressed, an object of th1s invention being to provide a construction in which all of the discharge openings in the pressing face of the iron connect independently with the steam chamber of the um and are controlled by a single member so that the steam issues directly from the steam chamber of the iron and is not required to travel through passageways common to two or more discharges before reaching the steam discharges. Another object of the invention is to provide an iron of the type above mentioned which is inexpensive to manufacture, simple to operate, and not liable to get out of order.

To these and other ends the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section through an iron constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig.2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the iron; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the iron showing the valve operating mechamsm.

Referring more particularly to the embodiment illustrated in the drawings, 1 indicates the body member ofthe iron which in this instance is formed from a slngle casting with surrounding side flanges and open at its to the steam .supply ipe 2 being connecte to the rear end of said bot tom portion while the outlet supply pipe 3 is also connected to the rear end at a point below the steam supply. The bottom portion may be closed by a' cover portion 4 secured 1n place by bolts 5 and forming with the bottom portlon a steam chamber 6 through WhlCh the iron is heated. The cover portion 4 has a stem 7 engaged therewith by a screwthreaded portion 8, and this stem 7 is surrounded by a supporting device 9 which, by a port1on 10, is secured to a suitable supporting arm in a manner known in this art. The supportlng device 9 rocks between two blocks 11 arranged on the stem 7 and is secured in position by a nut 12, which also carries the handle 13 by which the iron is manlpulated. While the iron is .herein shown as embodied in a construction which 1s supported on an arm, it is apparent that the invention is not limited to pressing irons of th1s type, but may be used in irons of any suitable type.

The bottom wall of the bottom member 1 may be provided with an elongated series of openings 14 which lead from the chamber 6 through the pressing face of the iron. Prefthe bottom wall of the steam chamber. As the outlet 3 connects with the steam chamber in a plane below the upper ends of the passageways or openings 14, it is apparent that any waters of condensation within the chamber 6 will pass through the outlet 3 before they can pass out of the openings 14.

The control of the passage of steam through. the outlets 14 may be effected by a valve member 17 in the form of an elongated slide operating on the guidewa 16 and having transverse openings 18 w ich are adapted to register .with the openings 14 when the slide is moved to a certain position, the slide closing the openings 14 when the olpenings 18 are moved out of register with t e openings 14. To maintain the steam tight connection between the slide and the Patented Jan. 28, 1919. v

.the remaining portions of the upper face of secured by a bolt 20 to the bottom wall of the iron, said bolt extending through a slot in the slide 21, and the spring 19 having arms extending in opposite directions from the bolt to bear upon the upper face of the slide in order to yieldingly retain said slide toward the guide.

Operation of the slide may be effected in any suitable manner. In this instance the slide has a projection 22 on its upper face operating within a bifurcated arm 23 which is mounted on a rock shaft 24, the latter being j ournaled in the cover member 4 and extending to the exterior of said cover member, the shaft being arranged in a hollow boss 25 projected upwardly from the cover member 4 in rear of the stem 7. A packing 26 is provided about the shaft 24 in order to prevent the escape of steam, and on the exterior of the iron the shaft 24 is provided -with a forwardly-extending arm 27 which is normally held elevated at one end by a coil spring 28, the latter being arranged about a stem 29 on which the arm 27 is guided. Connected to the arm 27 by a pivot 30 is a push rod 31 which extends upwardly from the arm through a guide 32 and has a finger piece 33 arranged in close proximity to the grip 34 of the handle 13. The guide 32 is a substantially Z-shape member which has the push rod 31 guided through one arm thereof, while the opposite arm is secured by a nut 35 to the upward end of the stem 7. In using the iron, steam is admitted by way of the pipe 2 to the heating chamber 6, and after filling said chamber passes out of said outlet 3. This steam'maintains'the iron in a heated condition sufficient for pressing purposes, but not sufficient to cause the burning of the goods. For moistening the goods, instead of the usual hand sponge process, the operator presses on the finger piece 33 which rocks the shaft 24 in a direction to shift the valve member 17 to a position where the openings 18 thereof will register with .the openings 14, thus permitting steam to pass through the pressing face of the iron to the goods. 7 After suifieient moistening of the goods has been obtained, the pressure on the finger piece 33 is relieved and the valve member 17. closes under the ac tion of the spring 28.

' From the foregoingit will be seen that there has been provided a construction in which the openings in the bottom of the iron communicate independently with the steam chamber of'the iron. This is important as it has been found that it is advantageous to have the steam issue simultaneously from all of the openings without being conducted through a common passageway to reach said openings, the common passageway not only causing an unequal amount of steam to issue from the openings, but also producing condensation which will be injurious to delicate fabrics. In this invention, only the steam issues from the openings without any water of condensation, and the amount of steam issuing from the openings is the same. Furthermore, the construction herein shown is especially simple to manufacture as the machine work on the iron has been reduced to a minimum. 4

What I claim as my inventionand desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A pressing iron comprising an iron body having a steam chamber provided with a steam supply and a steam outlet, the body of the iron having a plurality of discharge openings in its bottom, said openings independently connectin with saidsteam chamber and having their upper ends above the lowermost portion of the bottom of the steam chamber, and a controlling member for simultaneously opening and closing said discharge openings from the steam chamber.

2. A pressing iron comprising an iron body having a steam chamber provided with a steam supply and a steam outlet, the botguide to open and close said openings to the steam chamber.

3. A pressing iron comprising an iron body having a steam chamber provided with a steam supply and a steam outlet, the top surface of said bottom wall having a rib thereon above the outlet and the bottom wall being provided with a series of openings extending through said rib and the pressing face of the iron, and a controlling member movable on the rib to open and close said openings to the steam chamber.

4. A pressing iron comprising. an iron body having a steam chamber provided with a steam supply and a steam outlet, the bottom wall of said chamber having a series of openings leadin through the pressing face of the iron, a side guided on said bottom wall and having a series of openings adapted to be brought into register with the openings in the bottom wall, and also having a slot, a bolt anchored in the bottom wall and extending through said slot, and a spring secured between its ends by the bolt and having its ends acting on said slide to hold it firmly against its guide.

5. A pressing iron comprising a chambered body portion provided with a steam supply and an outlet, a. cover plate closing- 5 jeoting above the outlet andformed with a groove and also with a series of openings leading therethrough and through the press ing face of the iron, a longitudinally movab e ide in said groove, a spring acting on said s 'ide to hold it in the groove, and means 10 for operating said slide from the exterior of the iron.

HERMAN W. PETH. 

